Jammu, July 19 -- A division bench of J&K and Ladakh high court on Friday deferred the hearing into arms licence scam allegedly involving bureaucrats because of paucity of time.

Chief justice Arun Palli and justice Rajnesh Oswal directed the registry to list PIL No.09/2012 (infamous Arms Licences Scam) titled Sheikh Mohd. Shafi & Anr V/s Union of India and others on August 7.

When this much publicised PIL came up for hearing, senior additional advocate general (AAG) appearing for UT of J&K informed the division bench that pursuant to order dated April 24, the general administration department (GAD) has filed a comprehensive status report indicating the steps taken as directed by the division bench.

Advocate SS Ahmed appearing for the p...